Molecular identification of Giardia spp. in Latin America: An updated systematic review on reports from 2017 to 2021.
| Autor: | Sarria-Guzmán Y; Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Básicas, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia., Chávez-Romero Y; Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Santa Cruz, Tlaxcala, Mexico., Bernal JE; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Sinú, Cartagena de Indias, Bolivar, Colombia., González-Jiménez FE; Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico., Serrano-Silva N; Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico. nserranos@gmail.com., Fusaro C; Facultad de Ingenierías, Universidad de San Buenaventura, Cartagena de Indias, Bolivar, Colombia. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of infection in developing countries [J Infect Dev Ctries] 2022 Mar 31; Vol. 16 (3), pp. 392-401. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 31. |
| DOI: | 10.3855/jidc.15806 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Giardia spp. is the most common protozoan found in coproparasitoscopic tests; it is the cause of gastrointestinal discomfort, with a high prevalence in children and in low-income areas. This systematic review updates available literature on molecular identification of Giardia spp. in Latin America during 2017 to 2021. Methodology: The guidelines established in Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) were used; the study covers the period from January 1, 2017 to October 03, 2021; the search focused on the "molecular identification of Giardia spp. in Latin America" in six different scientific databases. The material found was reviewed to select only those papers that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: The search yielded 1036 publications, but only 19 investigations in 6 countries (Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, and Venezuela) met the selection criteria. Most were cross-sectional studies carried out in school-age children, the dominant assemblages were A and B while the most frequent subassemblages were AII, BIII and BIV, the most used target genes were tpi and gdh, the prevalence by molecular methods was higher regarding microscopy, the countries with the highest prevalence percentages for Giardiosis were Brazil and Cuba. Conclusions: More Latin America countries need to generate data of prevalence, incidence, and intensity of Giardiosis. Studies are also needed to estimate the costs of Giardiosis on economic productivity and public health. The present systematic review offers evidence based on the current literature available for the molecular identification of Giardia spp. in Latin America during 2017 to 2021. Competing Interests: No Conflict of Interest is declared (Copyright (c) 2022 Yohanna Sarria-Guzman, Yosef Chavez-Romero, Jaime Eduardo Bernal, Francisco Erik Gonzalez-Jiménez, Nancy Serrano-Silva, Carmine Fusaro.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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